Niko Kovac

“I can't play 50 players.”

“We need to be confident, but do not look back; look at what's coming.”

“If research can help us discover cures for diseases, it surely can improve a football team. Whether it's data analysis or biomechanics, it can give you an edge - and I'd be a fool if I didn't want that edge.”

“Football provides the most beautiful stories.”

“If, as Bayern, you lose 2-0 at Hertha, nobody believes you that you can still be satisfied with the performance.”

“I can't play with 12 players.”

“We cannot play soccer without hands. You need your arms while running.”

“I've always been someone who said that football is a contact sport.”

“I have always said that I am a friend of VAR.”

“I know how the game works. If I field one, then the other complains. It's always the same.”

“I can only pass on what is inside of me, whether it is love or money or the passion for dribbling or tricks with the ball.”

“Empathy is important, openness, honesty, and an understanding for others.”

“There are no guarantees. If you spent money, it's no guarantee you win stuff.”

“I don't underestimate any opponent.”

“You can't manage every footballer the same. Of course you'd love to, but it doesn't work like that. We're not robots.”

“I'm a firm believer in science.”

“When you fall, you always have the opportunity to get up.”

“Of course, the attacking players get the attention because they score the goals, score nice goals, and those are the moments that remain in memory. But I wish that other players who are not in the foreground, who still perform well for their club or association, get more recognition.”

“The words 'give up,' 'raise the white flag' do not exist in my vocabulary.”

“Just because a coach does not get out the clubs after a match but instead focuses on what he says, that's not an indicator of cluelessness.”